As I entered my adult years, my dad had a habit of offering up the phrase, “If I were you I’d…” The words that completed the phrase were his unsolicited advice. He’d tell my sisters, or me, what we should do given a certain situation. “If I were you I’d save the money until …
Category: Life Lessons
The Poet and the Hunter
When I was growing up, I never went hunting. We lived in the city and my dad was not a hunter. We didn’t have a gun in our house except for the World War II Japanese rifle that my dad brought home from the war and the BB gun that my Uncle Elmer gave …
Peeing In The Pool
Be honest. I expect that each of us has peed in a pool at least once in our life. If not as an adult, you probably did so as a child. When you’re a kid playing in the water, even if some of it comes from you, it’s more fun than getting out, walking to …
On The Road
My parents used to take my two sisters and me to Bowling Green, Kentucky to visit “Old Granny Barner”. She was my grandfather’s mother but we knew her as “Old Granny Barner”. We traveled most of the way on US – 31 which was the main highway heading south towards Bowling Green prior to …
We Like to Help Our Friends
The week before Ruth and I left for Florida I was having trouble with my cell phone. It wasn’t a first for me. I’ve had trouble before. Several years ago I had service with the S company and wasn’t receiving my voicemail messages. I knew that people were leaving them for me …
Timber!!!
Several years ago, within two or three years after we moved to Lake LeAnn, my mom (Kay) and mother-in-law (Kate) came to visit us for a day or so. One had traveled west and the other east. There was a self-proclaimed psychic living in the area that intrigued the three ladies so Ruth, Kay, and …
Mickey Lolich, Sparky Marvin, and Me
Occasionally life presents you with a unique opportunity. This blog is one of mine. This is the 100th post of my blogging career. I’ve written approximately 80,000 words (including typos and misspellings). That’s the equivalent of a 320 page thesis, a typical romance novel or personal memoire. However, it’s far short of the 587,287 …
Henry and Pete
I have never been a fan of getting a haircut. It’s a necessary part of grooming, but not one that I relish. I never want to look like I “just got a haircut” so, more often than not, I look like I “need a haircut”. When Ruth and I started dating, she cut my hair …
29 Nights
Time flies when you are having fun! Sutton and Elizabeth completed their Michigan tour a few days ago and left for several destinations out West. They are continuing their journey after spending the last twelve weeks in Michigan and 290 (oops) 29 nights with Ruth and me. But who counted? To be honest, while Ruth …
Good Friends
I mentioned “good friends” in a prior story and was asked “What makes a good friend?” I believe that friendship means different things to different people. For some of us just knowing someone makes them a friend. For others, an on-going relationship is an important criteria. Here’s mine. Good friends are there whenever you …